Comments on: Rebuilds Aren’t Just Prospects Being Fun http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/08/17/rebuilds-arent-just-prospects-being-fun/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Russ http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/08/17/rebuilds-arent-just-prospects-being-fun/#comment-5372 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:44:51 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6837#comment-5372 Very good article but two minor quibbles:

1) Bunting is NOT a 100% bad strategy. This is the perfect season to have your players learn how to bunt against real pitching. I’d rather have my pitcher pop up two bunts than hit into two double plays. When the time comes for the 12 useful bunts in a season to take place, you need to know which players have the skill. (Renteria could probably ease up on having Engel bunt, it’s pretty obvious at this point that he has the skill.)

2) What the hell was the point of signing Farquhar, Lowe, and Machi? At least ONE of these guys has to be better than Brad Goldberg. They’ve got open spots on the 40-man roster. And it seems like Holland has a relief pitcher’s arm at this point so it can’t hurt to try him there and let Pelfrey get a couple starts before the September callups. Not sure why Sox management is so reluctant to experiment with the bullpen at this stage.

In the second half, only the Giants and Cubs (!) have worse bullpen BB/9.

]]> By: South Side - Baseball Prospectus http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/08/17/rebuilds-arent-just-prospects-being-fun/#comment-5371 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:10:09 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6837#comment-5371 […] Nick wrote Thursday about the White Sox’s bare bones bullpen and the series opener against the Rangers featured more of the same in terms of the parade of arms struggling to get outs. Chris Beck relieved Lopez, gave up a three-run homer and the lead to Nomar Mazara, and then exited after taking a line drive off the back (he’s day-to-day). After Mike Pelfrey allowed just two baserunners in his 1 2/3 innings, Brad Goldberg walked four, including one with the bases loaded that proved decisive, in just 2/3 innings of work. […]

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